by Cheri Lasota | Feb 7, 2014 | Reader's Portal, Writing Life Vault |
(Disclaimer: Spoiler alerts ahead. If you haven’t seen some / all of these films, turn away and go watch these awesome films!) 10. Lamia Stardust The story line: In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that...
by Cheri Lasota | Jan 30, 2014 | Author Posts, Discussions on the Craft, Writing Life Vault
I read this blog post (originally posted on Susan Kaye Quinn’s blog0 just before I began working out the plot for my upcoming scifi novel. It helped me plot it out in just half an hour. No joke. A few things about this post: It’s awesome. It’s easy...
by Cheri Lasota | Nov 14, 2013 | Book News, Writing Life Vault
To continue an event-filled season leading up to the release of my forthcoming Contemporary YA novel Echoes in the Glass in December 2013, I wanted to share some fun pictures that Krista Weisz, photographer extraordinaire, took of my characters, Finnian Bell and...
by Cheri Lasota | Apr 18, 2013 | Book News, Writing Life Vault
Magic to Read By There is a kind of unearthly magic that occurs when a reader begins to read a story. The boundaries of space and time collapse, the “real” world around you fades away, and images, like movies, play across your mind and envelope you...
by Cheri Lasota | Jan 9, 2013 | Indelibles, Writing Life Vault |
An Indie Life Post I run away at least once a year. Granted, it’s usually during the month of November when I’m madly working on some manuscript or other. But I do. I take a break from all of it–the marketing, the editing, the plotting, the social...
by Cheri Lasota | Dec 27, 2012 | Book News, Marketing Vault, Writing Life Vault
With the stress of the holidays nearly over, now is a great time to sit back, curl up in your favorite reading chair, and get lost in fabulous new worlds. To help you do just that, some authors have banded together and put all their titles on sale, right NOW!! Some of...